Improvement in rein-holders



REIN-HOLDER.

No.183,609. 'Patented Oct. 24; 1876.

WITNESSES:

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I NPETERS, FHDTO-LITHQGRAPMER, WASHINGTbN. O. C,

GEORGE W. WATERS, OF CENTRE, MISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT IN RElN-HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 3,609, dated October24, 1876; application filed September 2, I876.

'having straps adjustably attached, for strapping the bar to theshoulders, and for connecting the reins to the bar; the object being toprovide a device for guiding teams while plowmg, or doing other similarwork, which will permit of the free use of the hands and arms.

Atls a bar of wood, or other suitable material, which is provided withthe metallic plate B, and the slots to a and b b. The plate B isattached to the upper edge of the bar in the center of its length, andhas two slits, a e, for receiving the straps d d. The slots ca areprovided with bars or rods e, that are arranged longitudinally in thecenter of the slots. ff are straps having loops for embracing the rods6, .and provided with buckles at their free ends, that engage with thestraps d d. O O are slides, consistingof the parts- 9 h, which are heldtogether by the screw 'i, by which they are also made to bind the sidesof the bar near the slots 1), in which they are placed. D D are strapsattached to the slides G, and proff, which pass under the arms.

vided with snap-hooks or buckles, by which they are attached to thereins. The bar A is placed on the back, and the straps d d placed overthe shoulders and buckled to the straps The bar A is thus securelyfastened to the body near the shoulders, and capable of being movedpositively by a motion of the body. The straps D D are hooked or buckledinto the reins. The horse or horses are guided by pulling one or theother of the straps D, by slightly turning the body. The length of thestraps is adjustable, and they are also capable of being movedlongitudinally in the slots a a b b, for adjusting the device to personsof different slze.

13y dispensing with plate B, and attaching straps ff to rods e, placedin slots cut perpendicularly, and adding a buckle to one of the strapsf, the device may be strapped around the hips or waist.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patentl. The combination of the bar A, plate B, straps d d,ff, and D D, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The combination of the bar A, provided with slots 0. a and b b, withthe rods 6, slides G, straps d (1, f f, and D D, substantially as setforth.

GEORGE W. WATERS.

Witnesses:

A. J. RIcE, W. J. BRISCOE.

